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'''Wentloog''' (also | '''Wentloog''' (also spelled '''Wentlloog''' or '''Wentllooge''' or known as '''Newport''') is an ancient [[Hundred (division)|hundred]] of [[Monmouthshire]]. | ||
It is situated in the western part of the county, bounded to the north by [[Brecknockshire]]; on the east by the hundreds of [[Abergavenny (hundred)|Abergavenny]], [[Usk (hundred)|Usk]] and [[Caldicot (hundred)|Caldicot]]; on the south by the [[Bristol Channel]], and on the west by [[Glamorganshire]]. ''Wentloog'' is an anglicisation of the Welsh '' | It is situated in the western part of the county, bounded to the north by [[Brecknockshire]]; on the east by the hundreds of [[Abergavenny (hundred)|Abergavenny]], [[Usk (hundred)|Usk]] and [[Caldicot (hundred)|Caldicot]]; on the south by the [[Bristol Channel]], and on the west by [[Glamorganshire]]. ''Wentloog'' is an anglicisation of the Welsh ''Gwynllŵg'', the name of the early kingdom and mediæval ''cantref''. | ||
It contains the following ancient parishes: | It contains the following ancient parishes: | ||
Revision as of 13:35, 11 August 2010
Wentloog (also spelled Wentlloog or Wentllooge or known as Newport) is an ancient hundred of Monmouthshire.
It is situated in the western part of the county, bounded to the north by Brecknockshire; on the east by the hundreds of Abergavenny, Usk and Caldicot; on the south by the Bristol Channel, and on the west by Glamorganshire. Wentloog is an anglicisation of the Welsh Gwynllŵg, the name of the early kingdom and mediæval cantref.
It contains the following ancient parishes:
- Aberystruth
- Bassaleg: consisting of Duffryn township, Graig hamlet and Rogerstone township
- Bedwas
- Bedwellty
- Bettws
- Coedkernew
- Henllys
- Llanfihangel Llantarnam
- Llanhilleth
- Machen
- Malpas
- Marshfield
- Michaelston y vedw
- Mynyddislwyn
- Newport
- Peterstone Wentlooge
- Risca
- Rumney
- St. Brides Wentlooge
- St. Mellons
- St. Woolos
External links
| Hundreds of Monmouthshire |
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Abergavenny • Caldicot • Raglan • Skenfrith • Usk • Wentloog |